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PEOPLE vs Filomeno Serrano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FILOMENO SERRANO Y CALLADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137480 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

A sad but concrete fact is that a remarkable number of rape cases passed upon by this Court involves incest. Rape in itself is prompted by the abnormal need of a man to overpower and control a woman by way of sexual abuse. But nothing is more barbaric and inhuman than the act of a father sexually abusing his minor daughter, his own flesh and blood.

On automatic review before us is the decision of Branch 256 (Special Court for Heinous Crimes) of the Regional Trial Court at Pasig City, the Honorable Edwin A. Villasor presiding, the dispositive portion of which reads:

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing,...